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    • Gastrointestinal region specific insulin permeation enhancement by Aloe vera gel 

      Pretorius, Elizca; Willers, Clarissa; Hamman, Josias H.; Steyn, Johan D. (Bentham Science, 2020)
      Background: The oral administration route is still the most preferred by patients for drug treatment, but is unfortunately not suitable for all drug compounds. For example, protein and peptide drugs (e.g. insulin) are ...
    • In vitro drug absorption enhancement effects of Aloe vera and Aloe ferox 

      Beneke, Catharina; Hamman, Josias; Viljoen, Alvaro (Österreichische Apotheker-Verlagsgesellschaft, 2012)
      The effect of whole leaf and gel materials from two aloe species (Aloe vera and A. ferox) was compared with that of the precipitated polysaccharides from these aloe materials on the transepithelial electrical resistance ...
    • In vitro drug permeation enhancement potential of aloe gel materials 

      Lebitsa, Tebogo; Hamman, Josias; Lu, Zhilei; Viljoen, Alvaro (Bentham Science, 2012)
      Aloe vera gel previously showed the ability to increase the bioavailability of vitamins and to enhance the in vitro transport of a macromolecular drug across intestinal epithelial cell monolayers. The purpose of this study ...